Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlCory-Armstrong Fault, Fracturing, Favorable Limestone Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Granite Mtn. Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, Granite Mtn. Pluton
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10011022
MRDS IDD005164
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.71386, -113.23247
References
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62P.YOUNG, W.E., IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.MACKIN, J. HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295.1947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 40761947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC. GUIDEBOOK #21954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-12951976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88STEGEN, R. J. 1979, GEOLOGIST